A Christian who does not pray for those who govern is not a good Christian.

Too many Christians live their lives like slaves – to the devil – because they believe his lies more than they trust God.

The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.

My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ.

Faith is a living, daring confidence in God’s grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times.

Most people do not pray; they only beg.

The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.

So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done.

It is well known that the Soviet Union closely regulates all organizations and movements, including religion.

Free government is the most difficult of all government. But it is everlastingly true that the plain people will make fewer mistakes than any other group of men, no matter how powerful.

It’s true my father abused me and didn’t love and protect me the way he should have, and at times it seemed no one would ever help me and it would never end. But God always had a plan for my life, and He has redeemed me.

The devil is a peace stealer, and he works hard to set us up to get upset. But we can learn how to change our approach so we don’t live upset all of the time. And Jesus gives us the best example to follow.

When we enter into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, something wonderful happens: God begins to change our desires, and we want to be more like Him.

My faith helps me understand that circumstances don’t dictate my happiness, my inner peace.

Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed.

In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it.

I used to read five psalms every day – that teaches me how to get along with God. Then I read a chapter of Proverbs every day and that teaches me how to get along with my fellow man.

There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing.

Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.

Science is increasingly answering questions that used to be the province of religion.

If a man reaches the heart of his own religion, he has reached the heart of the others, too. There is only one God, and there are many paths to him.

It’s like a jar of salad dressing sitting on a shelf… most of the seasoning settles to the bottom of the bottle. But when you shake that bottle up, all the ingredients mix together and then the dressing can add flavor to a salad. In the same way, we can stir ourselves up and regain the reverence, respect and awe we once had for the Lord.

The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.

Netscape was able to get the government working on its behalf.

When the solution is simple, God is answering.

This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do.

Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.

It’s so much easier to pray for a bore than to go and see one.

All government, of course, is against liberty.

Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.

The Lord can give, and the Lord can take away. I might be herding sheep next year.

In times of need, God can come to you in a myriad of disguises.

There is absolutely no power in our human effort to live holy. It is only by His grace. And the result of receiving grace is we get better at living like Christ, which is something we all want, right?

Start with God – the first step in learning is bowing down to God; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning.

The Koran shows every sign of being thrown together by human beings, as do all the other holy books.

Obedience brings success; exact obedience brings miracles.

You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That’s a part of it.

Love of God is not always the same as love of good.

To insure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not enough, a police force is needed as well.

A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference.

My brother Bob doesn’t want to be in government – he promised Dad he’d go straight.

My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jews. But now my kingdom is from another place.

It doesn’t matter where you come from, what you have or don’t have, what you lack, or what you have too much of. But all you need to have is faith in God, an undying passion for what you do and what you choose to do in this life, and a relentless drive and the will to do whatever it takes to be successful in whatever you put your mind to.

Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.

I gave in, and admitted that God was God.

I love it when Muslims go to war with each other, as I do when the Christians do, because it shows there’s no such thing as the Christian world and the Islamic world. That’s all crap.

In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars.

People are skeptical of many televangelists, and I’m sensitive to that.

I shall never believe that God plays dice with the world.

Christ didn’t choose the rich to preach the doctrine; he choose 12 poor ignorant workers – that is, he chose the proletariat of the times.

The Chinese government wants me to say that for many centuries Tibet has been part of China. Even if I make that statement, many people would just laugh. And my statement will not change past history. History is history.

I was always respectful of people who were deeply religious because I always felt that if they gave themselves to it, then it had to be important to them. But if you can go through life without it, that’s OK, too. It’s whatever suits you.

The Bible says that as Christians we don’t grieve the same way people do who have no hope of eternity and of Heaven – but we still grieve.

He that will believe only what he can fully comprehend must have a long head or a very short creed.

We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under President Karzai that would be able to control the country, make sure al-Qaeda didn’t come back, and make sure the Taliban wasn’t resurging. It didn’t work out.

I think it makes sense to believe in God, but exactly what decision in your life you make differently because of it, I don’t know.

What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they don’t like something to saying that the government should forbid it. When you go down that road, don’t expect freedom to survive very long.

One way to make sure crime doesn’t pay would be to let the government run it.

I don’t think you ever really know what all you’re doing, so you have to act on faith.

The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.

Yes, across Europe, this wall will fall. For it cannot withstand faith; it cannot withstand truth. The wall cannot withstand freedom.